The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-11-02
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roster as he grows older, and as he laughs
while engaging In conversation, as he IRE
ouently does, his "great fat belly shakes Ike
bowl Of jelly He does a great deal Oh
business at Washington, and be has been 50
long in public life that he knows every one.
He makes more newspaper material than
any other man In the United States, and II
one could have an index to the newspapers
which have been published in this country
during the last twenty-five yearsthere would
be- more references opposite butiers naihe
than that of any other man.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor sat beside butter III
the supreme court ON the day referred 10
above Butler is not handsome ana Pryor
Is uglier than Butler. lie IS as thln as
Butler is fat, and his face IS as stern as bu'
ler's is Jolly Buffers complexion Is iair'
Prvor's i dark: his thick name OF hair, when
curIs as il falls upon his coat collar, Is as
black as a ravens wing, and 1t shines IKE
oiled ebony. Butler seldom looks sober, ana
never oppears very fierce. Pryor could scare
tho devil into fits if he chose 10 do SO, ana ne
has habit Of corrugating his chm ana ioie-
bead like a zinc lined wash board when he Is
in meditation, and his eyes move from one
eide Of their lids 70 the other in "a legal frenzy
rolling Pryor is over six feet high. lie Is
% streioht as n string and is full Of nervous
activity. He talks well, makes an eA-
cellent speech in deep chest tones
and he is considered one OF the best
LAWYERS in the country He is a man
with n history. and he first turned up IN
national politics as President Pferces special
commissioner TO Greece in 1855. He dabbled
in the law shortly after he graduated from
college ten wears before this, dropped it and
turned his attention 10 editorial work. lie
edited political journal after lac came back
from Greece known as The South, and then
did work on The Washington States lie was
in congress before the war, was member OF
the Confederate congress and a brgadlef
general in the Confederate army. After the
var was over he went 10 Tennessee, and from
thence drifted TO New York. 1t was IN Ten
nessee. | think, that a friend met nm WINE
he was in a fit Of the blues and told MN nc
ought 10 go to New York city ana piacuce
law. PRYOR replied that he did not Hho"
much about the law, but his friend sala thaV
that made no difference M the Ne" olA
practice. and advised him 20 go anyhow. lie
! took the advice. went 20 the metropolis, ana
for several wears had rather hard time OF
:. Ono dav n man came into his Office ana
asked for Gen Pryor Pryor was startled
and he was more surprised when the man
continued:
~ wish. Gen. Pryor, to retain you IN
lovv suii which will come up in the supreme
court tomorrow"
He then explained his case, and asked
PRYOR what his fee would be- Hyor did not
l.now what TO say. He thought he ought TO
have a hundred dollars, but he feared the
man might think it too much and he might
To- tbe case While he stroked his long
chin in deep meditation the man saiu'
II will give you what agreed 10 pay
my other counsel if that viii satisfy
Won. am to pay him 500 down ana S1oy
! when the case is tried Gen. fryor repneu
that he thought that would be sufficient ana
he acted a. though he had been accustoileu
/ ~ receiving 81 600 fees every day for years
! back He tried the case and tried II well. lie
tbre,v his whole soul into his speech, electri-
AL the court and won He attracted atten-
/ tom by his effort, and since then he has had
all the business that he could do lie VIII
not make a fortune out Of the Anarchist
cases. but he has added to his reputation.
! met DIR Burnett, the husband OF Frances
/ uodoson Burnett, the authOress, IN an anti
o,,orian hook store recently. He was looking
over some rare book plates which he was
ahout 10 buy 10 add 10 his remarkable collec-
! tom Of this character Tie is a bright eyed
brunette of between - and 80 years Of age,
and i one Of the eminent oculists Of this city.
asLod him as 10 his wife, and DE told me
4. IrI y.
where she will put the children 10 schooi.
The Burnett children are two Doys-Drlsn1
eyed. blonde haired little fellows Just enter
inc their teens They look more ike their
,no,ber than their father and Mrs. Burnett
evidently believes in giving them a chance at
the language while they are young. In the
meantime Mrs Burnett has nothing new on
bond i'm the WAY of work. and she is not turn
gout very much manuscript. l imagine
tba trim which she takes now has 20 do with
ber bealth rs much a. with the education Of
her boys.
Tho tyocivi1 service commissioners, Edser-
tom and Ohorlv. have been having the kind
Of time that the monkey and the parrot nan
during the old woman's absence, as tod III
the story. and they hardly smile now when
thew mass by. They are as widely separated
in their characters as the poles, and they mix
no better than oil and water They are both
nice fellows. too, but with difference.
Fdgerton is an old style gentleman lie be-
lieves in the principles Of Andrew Jackson
democracy, and he is proud Of having called
mon Jackson before he went west TO make
his fortune lie is honest 10 the core ana he
calls a spade a spade. lie was a great friend
OF Tilden's. and be and Tom hendrlcks slept
for time in the same political bed There
is no more courtly man IN public lie than
Fdgerton. and there is no man OF his age IN
the country who has more activity ana VIM
He is as straight as a Norwegian pine ana ne
wears straight stove pipe OF nat ana
,reat old fashioned stock which makes him
look even more perpendicular than he Is. lie
does not ike the iconoclastlc tendencies Oh
modern politics any more than he does Of
modern dress, and his beaver Is Of the same
style as that which prevailed when Frank
Pierce was president and Edgerton was
Young member Of congress lie IS a rich
man, and politics as a money making proies-
sion is nothing to him He owns valuable
la,.Js in the oil and Gas regions OF north